About Laurie
Laurie Mombay is a Maryland-based counselor who helps people facing anxiety, depression, phobias, and stress. She uses straightforward, practical methods and listens without judgment. Laurie aims to give people tools they can use right away to feel steadier and more in control.
She trained in pastoral counseling and holds an MD and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential. Laurie has 18 years of experience in outpatient care, employee assistance programs, victim advocacy, and corrections.
Background and approach
That range of settings has shaped a pragmatic style that balances empathy with practical skill-building. Sessions focus on clear goals and everyday strategies. Laurie draws mainly on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
She also uses dialectical behavior ideas when emotions and mood need better regulation, and solution-focused methods to identify steps that lead to quick gains. People who come for help with trauma, mood disorders, panic, or relationship stress often leave with a plan to try between sessions. Laurie favors short, doable practices that fit into daily life.
She pays attention to family of origin patterns, impulse control, and life-purpose questions when those topics matter to recovery. Her manner is direct but warm. Laurie encourages small experiments to test new ways of coping and helps people notice what works.
She welcomes conversations about goals and adjusts the approach as needs change.
Online approaches that focus on skills and results
Laurie works mainly with cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches, and she integrates solution-focused steps when helpful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice and change thought patterns and behaviors that fuel anxiety, panic, or low mood. It often includes practical exercises and short homework to try between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to help people manage strong moods and impulsive reactions. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, concrete steps toward goals and highlights what is already working.Choosing the right method is part of the work together. Laurie will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. She collaborates to shape an approach that fits the person's needs and adjusts techniques as progress is tracked.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls support longer sessions with visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reminders or short updates. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or busy days while keeping a focus on practical skill building.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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